<p>I would like to research about stem cell, so I'm going to study molecular/cell biology and genetics in undergraduate. On the other hand, I have no interest in any sort of macro-scale biology such as zoology and ecology. Then, which course should I take, Biomedical science or Biology?</p>
<p>There are other options that you may or may not be aware of.
Certain colleges have molecular biology, including Boston University and Cornell. Others have cell biology programs, and a few have very specific molecular genetics majors.
I would check that out, if that’s something you might be interested in.
Based on what you’ve mentioned, it does seem like you might be happier with biomedical science, if you know that you’re interested in stem cells, though biology will provide a wider base of knowledge.</p>
<p>Thanks for your valuable advice. I will check schools with biomedical science or cell/molecular biology major and scrutinize their curriculum. I will probably study something more medical topics, so that I can apply my research in stem cell to develop regenerative medicine.</p>
<p>You are aware you won’t be doing any significant research in undergrad except perhaps as a lab assistant or supervised research. You won’t even take cell biology probably untill your junior year. Grad school is where you specialize in an area as specific as stem cells. You might also consider majoring in biochemistry in undergrad as a lot of aspects of the cell and cell processes are defined by chemical reactions and principles. A biology major takes ecology and other biology fields usually. A biochem major focuses on cell, micro, and molecular biology and biochemistry with chemistry classes.</p>
<p>I won’t comment on the conditions and career prospects in biology as I have done that elsewhere ad nauseum.</p>
<p>You might also look into biomedical engineering or bioengineering, if you are interested in applying the research to regenerative medicine.</p>
<p>I agree. To clarify I think overspecializing in Undergrad can be a bad idea and limits your options such as I posted with forensic science undergrad degrees.</p>
<p>I think the best option would be a MD and focus on research possibly a MD/PhD program. With that you have tons of options.</p>
<p>Yeah, both biochem, biomedical engineering, and MD are good, and I cannot find any reason to choose one of all the choices listed above over others, since each of them seems equally nice to me.
What I want to do with stem cell and regenerative medicine is to drastically extend human life span (about 100 years more until the end of the century!!! lol) So, it’s also related to anti-aging technology. I prefer to be a researcher for my entire life rather than a clinician, but I know that MD/PhD course isn’t only for clinicians but also for researchers, and it can also widen my view and contribute to my future research.
I don’t care about organisms other than human, but I think I have to care about organisms in general if I want to make such drastic change in human life span. It seems more like biology rather than medicine, so I’m confused. But if there’s no problem to choose medicine, I will put my first priority on medicine and second on on biology or something else related to it.<br>
Since many people actually recommended me to major in medicine, I’m recently more inclined to follow their advice than to choose other major. But I think it doesn’t matter which of these majors to choose, since what I will do at the end is the same thing. So, I will choose medicine, and beside school work, I may study cell/molecular bio and other theoretical aspects of biology by myself if I will have time (possibly too busy to do so, though). </p>
<p>Thanks for great advice.</p>